Shoe-heel.



J. GOLBERT.

SHOE HEEL.

APPmcATIoN FILED JUNI: s.- 1910.

Patented Nov. v15, 1910.

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Totall whomt lmay concern: Be it known that I, Jeux Coussn'r, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Arling` heel of the class mentioned whichshall keep its shape more perfectly than the common form of cushion heels having a portion thereof formedl of a coinparatiely thick piece of rubber. I

.5t fuiher object of my invention is to provide a cushion heel hatinj.r a' leather tread and of such inkiproved construction that the ordinary wearing away ot' theheel will not injure the cushion properties thereof and which may be as r-adily repaired in the Ausual manner as an ordinary. heel.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

'ith these objects in view my invention consists generally in a heel formedot' 'a plurality of alternate layers' of' leather and rubber. the bottom layer being of leather and preferably much thicker than the superimposed layers. )ly invention further consists in a heel formed of. alternate layers'ot' leather and rubber. the central portion; of the rubber layeis'being thickened 'wherby the outer edele of the lower ieather'or tread portion are materially thickened, these portions be' ing the part of the heel which wears away most rapidly.

)ly invention futther consists in various details of construction and arrangements of parts all as 'will he fully described hereinafter und particularly pointed ont in the rlaiuis.

My invention will be mororeadily linderstood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a'part of this specificsv tion and in which'- Figure 1 is a side elevation of therear portion of a shoe divided with u heel embodying niy invention in its preferred form, Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the saaie. Fig. 3, is a vertical transverse section on the line a':- .fv of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is'a transverse section similar to Fig. 3 and illus tratinga. modified form of my invention.

Referring now to the drawintti 1 indi 'catcs'a slice and 2 the heel. The heel is Acomposed of a plurality of lifts or hivers formed of rubber and leather and arranged alternately.

2l indicates-.the rubber layers and l the leather. Thebottomlift la is preferablr quite thick and constitutes the tread of the heel. When a cushion heel is formed with a ,single and thick block ot' rubber it soon becomes misshapeued due to the 'compression STATES PATENTLOBFILQEA.'=-

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of the rubber and the exten ion of its edges beyond theoriginal contour of the Aheel giving-a 'clumsy and unsightly appearance.` l find that .by arranging;f the rubber inA thin layers between the leather lifts of the heel this is avoided and the Vheel will maintain its. shape indefinitely. b

The rubber lifts or layers 3 are thicker at the center andtaper. toward the "ide edges 5 and hack edge as shown in Figs. '2 and El. and the leather lifts l are preferably of imiform thickness throughout. By this con struction the lower face T of the bottom rubber lift 2l is convex and the upper face of the bottom lift l is concave to fit the saine forming' thick side edges o' and back 9 on the bottom lift' or tread where the greatest wear-.usually comes on the heel. It is obvious therefore that the heel may wear a wav considerably without injury to the cushion properties of .the same and that it may be rlliaired as au ordinary heel.

f preferred the rubber lifts may be made of laminated layers as illustrated iu Fig. -L lu this construction each rubber layer is formed of a plurality ot' thin iaminatiims` 10. which are of uniform thickness and the roper contour tir shape is given to the lifts yplacing a greater number ot' lamiuations at the center. Otherwise this form of heel is the same as ia the foregoing form.

Having described my invention what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A shoe heel of ordinary lshape formed of a plurality of rubber lifts and a plurality of leather lifts arranged alternately. the rubber lifts` beingr thicker at the center and forward ends and tapered 'toward the side and back edges and the bottom lift being of leatherhaving thickened side and .rear edges, substantially as described.

2. Agshoe heel fornied of a plurality of rubber litts and a plurality of leather lifts arranged alternately, the rubber lifts each being formed of a 'numbe othin Iaminaf. In testimony whereof I have signed my tions, the laminations increasing in number name to this specification in thopresence'of n toward the, centerwhereby said rubber lifts two subscribing'yvitnesses.

taper toward the side edges and back and JOHN COLBER'I v'115 the -bottom lift being of leathenhavi'ng Witnesses:4 v-

thickenedside andre'arpdges, substantially 'M D. LESTER, 

